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  • Black Legion: Warhammer 40,000, Book 2
  • Written by: Aaron Dembski-Bowden
  • Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
  • Length: 10 hrs and 32 mins
  • 4.9 out of 5 stars (252 ratings)

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Black Legion

Written by: Aaron Dembski-Bowden
Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
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Publisher's Summary

Ezekyle Abaddon and his warlords strive to bind the newborn Black Legion together under threat of destruction. Now Khayon, as Abaddon's most-trusted assassin, is tasked with ending the threat of Thagus Daravek, the self-proclaimed Lord of Hosts - a rival to the Ezekyle's final fate.

Fighting the vile whispers of the Dark Gods within his mind, Abaddon turns a fevered gaze back to the Imperium, where his destiny awaits. Yet the Emperor's Champion and his Black Templars stand guard at the gates of Hell, and Sigismund has waited centuries to face Abaddon in battle.

©2017 Games Workshop Limited (P)2017 Games Workshop Limited

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Outstanding in Every Aspect

This book is an absolute must read for 40k fans! It comes as a sequel to The Talon of Horus, also written by ADB. This series has got to be my favourite series in the Black Libraries massive collection. I am avidly awaiting the third installation!

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I need more ADB

ADB is the man. Great storyline. I can’t believe I actually root for the traitors. I understand where they come from and the complexities that led them to certain outcomes. Jonathan Keeble should be the only narrator for Warhammer. Welcome done Gentleman.

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Masterful Story Telling! Compelling characters!

So good I can't wait for the 3rd installment. So amazing I had to read it twice. The narrator spins Aaron's writing so bloody well. Hands down best Warhammer author. I recommend the Talon of Horus first, of course. BLACK LEGION!

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Excellent Performance

Keeble delivers a performance here that really gives life to the lords of the Black Legion in a way that often aren't treated to. Coupled with Demski-Bowden's unique method of characterization, the whole thing feels very polite, almost patrician. Gone are the days of the mindless, drooling idiots at the head of the dread hosts; in Black Legion, we are shown the honourable, tempered, calculating masters of warfare doing what they do best. I can't recommend the book itself enough, and will actively seek out other audiobooks by Keeble in the future. #Audible1

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Scifi warrior poetry!

Good paced and artfully crafted story with an amazing performance by the narrator! well worth the credit.

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perfect story with such great characters.

great story worthy of your purchase. I the reader is very skilled and voiced the different characters perfectly.

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Character Voices Changed

While the same narrator as the last book many characters had different voices, leading to many improvements and a few worse quality voices.

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A satisfying (if a little disappointing sequel)

Talon of Horus was such a great introduction into the history of the Black Legion. it functioned as a perfect "getting the gang together" story that was filled with enough characters that balanced each other properly. Most importantly, it developed the character of Abbadon into a likeable anti-villain.
Black Legion continues the story and maintains the same great cast as the previous book (with some new additions). I have to admit however that this entry in the series takes on a bit too much for it's scope. Too many characters are introduced without proper development beyond an initial concept (see Moriana) while other great characters from the last book are reduced to one dimensional token appearances (Lheorvine rarely comes across as anything more than an angry "buddy" for Khayon to vent to).

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The story also hints at some seemingly important events but then never explores them. Dembski-Bowden spent two whole books building up Drachnyen as the key to Abbadon's conquest of the Imperium, but it never sees the light of day in this book. Similarly, Khayon repeatedly mentions his defeat of Magnus the Red throughout both books, but we also never see this happen.
One last critique involves the main villain, Daravek. I have a hunch that Dembski-Bowden created Daravek after writing Talon of Horus because he seems to materialize solely in Black Legion. Despite both books' memoir style is storytelling, Khayon never mentions one of his greatest foes in the first book, or the supposed duel they engaged in where Daravek stole part of Khayon's soul. It's a small issue, but it was enough to break my immersion in the story and ask "why have I never heard of this guy until now?".
Overall this is still a great book, the action is well paced, Khayon is as a great narrator as ever, it just falls short of it's predecessor.

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An Instant Classic.

In yet another sublime addition to the modern mythology of 40K, ADB has applied his unique prose to one again turn Warhammer into Shakespearean tragedy.

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Very good performance and story, slow start

I enjoyed, it was slow start but the story built nicely afterwards. The voice performance was very good, with the narrator embodying several different characters voices and effects.

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